Beowulf Questions

[Prologue: The Rise of the Danish Nation] (lines 1-85, pp. 33-34)
1. It was unusual that Shiled became a ruler because he was an orphan who was adopted by the king of Danes. He was laid on a ship covered in gold and treasures. Hrothgar is Shield's great grandson.

[Heorot is Attacked] (lines 86-188, pp. 34-36)
1. Herothgar constructed Heorot. Grendel attacked it every night for twelve years and killed many men through his attacks. The Danes became sad nd started losing hope in God and soon started to go to temples, and even praying to the devil to get rid of Grendel.

[The Hero Comes to Heorot] (lines 189-490, pp. 36-42)
1. When Beowulf hears about Hrothgar's problems, he gathers soldiers and sails to the Danish nation.
2. The Geats first meet the sea-guard of Danes. The sea-guard warns Beowulf not to attack Danes, but Beowulf tells hime that he is here to help Hrothgar get rid of Grendel.
3. Wulfgar is Hrothgar's herald and he tells Beowulf and his soldiers that he has never encountered such brave strangers as they are. Wulfgar tell Hrothgar to talk to Beowulf because he is so full of confidence and overflowing with bravery. Hrothgar tells him to bong Beowulf to him. I'm surprised that Hrothgar knows of Beowulf and he knows a lot about him.
4. Beowulf tell Hrothgar that he will kill Grendel if in return, Hrothgar provides his soldiers with food and a place to stay. Hrothgar paid of Beowulf's father's feuds and killing Grendel is the way he is trying to return the favor.

[Feast at Heorot] (lines 491-661, pp. 42-46)
1. Unferth accuses Beowulf for being arrogant and losing to Breca in a contest. Beowulf answers by telling him he was busy defeating nine sea monsters. This episode is relevant to the poem as a whole because it proves that Beowulf is arrogant and over confident about his strength. Beowulf accuses Uferth for killing his family.
2. Queen Wealhtheow greets everyone and thanks God for bringing him to Denmark.

For these questions, I worked with four other classmates. We discussed the majority in class and decided to split up the sections. It was much easier to work with a group rather than doing all the questions by yourself. I'm pretty positive that if I had to do all of it on my own, I would have slack and made up some stupid irrelevant answers. I worked with Sam Garrison , Matthew Patel , Owen Iness, and Iliana Gutierrez.